Erik in NJ
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- Metal Detecting
Some may recall the beautiful and enigmatic (not yet identified) skeleton key–actually most “skeleton keys” are actually called bitted keys–I found last week that seems to have an iron (removable?) bit.
I have found a few bitted keys (whole and fragments) over the years. Today I hit a standing Colonial-era house and only had a very brief time to detect thanks to the waning daylight and my late hours
. I found an older clothing snap, intact, with U S F (United States Fastener Company, ca 1915) stamped on it and this–my first ever keyhole! Small and thin, came up around a 10 I think on the 800.
Didn’t know what it was in the field, but pleasantly surprised when I cleaned it up tonight. Will display well with my bitted keys. Is there a name for this item?
I have found a few bitted keys (whole and fragments) over the years. Today I hit a standing Colonial-era house and only had a very brief time to detect thanks to the waning daylight and my late hours
. I found an older clothing snap, intact, with U S F (United States Fastener Company, ca 1915) stamped on it and this–my first ever keyhole! Small and thin, came up around a 10 I think on the 800.Didn’t know what it was in the field, but pleasantly surprised when I cleaned it up tonight. Will display well with my bitted keys. Is there a name for this item?
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